1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Tennessee House District 11
Tennessee House of Representatives · Tennessee
S. Thomas Burnett (D) won with 68.2% of the vote, defeating E. T. Freels (R) by 36.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
S. Thomas BurnettDemocrat · winner
68.2%6,688
E. T. FreelsRepublican · incumbent
31.8%3,125
9,813 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET